by bcohen | Apr 7, 2023 | Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Jacobs Blog, Volunteerism
Last Saturday, April 1, 80 teens and 20 staff members from NFTY SO Spring Kallah went to Rolling Fork, Mississippi together to volunteer in the distribution center following a devastating tornado. Our teens worked for three hours, unloading the bus with donations,...
by bcohen | Apr 7, 2023 | Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Jacobs Blog, Jewish Arts & Culture, Outreach, Social Action, Volunteerism
Over the first weekend of April, during the NFTY SO Spring Kallah at Jacobs Camp we traveled to volunteer in a small town called Rolling Fork that had been hit by a tornado, about an hour away. When we arrived in Rolling Fork, the damage was apparent. Many houses had...
by Jacob Fijman | Mar 30, 2023 | Camps & NFTY, Caring Community, Jacobs Blog, Volunteerism
Jacobs Camp Support For Rolling Fork As you know, social action and community service is an extremely important Jewish value, as is building a community of good neighbors. And at this moment, our neighbors need us. You likely saw the sad news that tornadoes decimated...
by Jacob Fijman | Feb 3, 2022 | Fundraising, Jacobs Blog, Volunteerism
Mitzvah Projects Make Jacobs Magic The whole value of a benevolent deed lies in the love that inspires it. – Talmud: Sukkah Love inspires many of our amazing campers who are becoming B’nai Mitzvahs to use this important time in their lives to support the place...
by Jacob Fijman | Oct 20, 2021 | Bnei Mitzvah, Camping and Youth Engagement, Fundraising, Jacobs Blog, Summer 2022, Volunteerism
BAT MITZVAH TZEDEK PROJECT DELIVERS JACOBS MAGIC Jacobs Camp has always been such a special place to me for as long as I can remember. I am sure you can imagine my excitement when 6 year old me got to go for my first summer at Jacobs. Even though it was only for one...
by Jacob Fijman | Aug 2, 2021 | Jacobs Blog, Summer 2021, Volunteerism
For their Chalutzim project, the campers chose to partner with Dream Street to clean up and enhance the Dream Street garden by adding two new flower beds, weeding the existing beds, and cleaning the dedication signs. Jacobs Camp is grateful to Dream Street to...
